The Colorado tradition of leaving Christmas lights up until the end of the National Western Stock Show dates back almost a century, but the long-standing tradition isn’t as outdated as it might sound.
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DENVER (KDVR) — The Colorado tradition of leaving Christmas lights up until the end of the National Western Stock Show dates back almost a century, but the long-standing tradition isn’t as outdated as it might sound.
The National Western Stock Show, the state’s largest Western trade show, has paraded into Denver since 1906. Although some of the details were lost in time, the NWSS references an archived newspaper article from 1955 that encouraged locals to keep their lights up to welcome visitors.